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John Michael Castagna

@leadersjohn.bsky.social
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Need a job. DM me. Lost college teaching job via MAGA teenagers complaint. College strategic comm's/speech&writing prof in PA. Past speaker in nat'l major media. Photographer, guitarist, former journalist. Leadership guidance speaker. Writer.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
This is 'Red Beach' on Hormuz Island off the coast of Iran. The red mud is actually one of the island's most important natural resources: OCHRE. It's a mix of silica, clay & iron oxides. Let's talk about the unusual geology, vibrant colors & culture of Hormuz Island, Iran. (📷: Sirsilentbob423)
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
As it says in the article: "He is, like so many in the Trump administration, a mediocrity who holds a job for which he is not qualified, solely because of his connection to the president."
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John Michael Castagna @leadersjohn.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Trump is about to reverse Nixon's protection of western wild horses. Wealthy GOP/MAGA ranchers don't want them. Proposal in play: kill them.
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NPR @npr.org · 19/04/2026
It's a global effort with a multibillion dollar price tag. Among its aims: re-greening nearly 250 million acres, planting 4,000 miles of trees, helping farmers, creating jobs, sequestering carbon.
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The Great Green Wall's one of the world's most ambitious eco-projects. Is it working?
It's a global effort with a multibillion dollar price tag. Among its aims: re-greening nearly 250 million acres, planting 4,000 miles of trees, helping farmers, creating jobs, sequestering carbon.
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John Michael Castagna @leadersjohn.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
@cbsnews.com I respected CBS News. Now Bari Weiss is destroying respectability. Today on CBS Morning Gayle King and Vlad Duthiers "interviewed" NY mayor Zoran Mamdani. Papers in hand, they read pre-written scripted socialism scaremongering questions. Journalism is all but dead at CBS.
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John Michael Castagna @leadersjohn.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The nation is officially insolvent thanks to Trump and NO MAJOR MEDIA is reporting it. They are all compromised. @abcnewsbot.bsky.social @nbcnews.com @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social @msnowreports.bsky.social @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy fortune.com/2026/03/23/u...
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The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it | Fortune
The Government Accountability Office can't even verify the books. Here's what Congress must do.
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John Michael Castagna @leadersjohn.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
If you voted for him, you can't wash the stain from your hands.
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John Michael Castagna @leadersjohn.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The United States is declared insolvent. No joke. Media didn't miss this. They know. They're afraid of Trump. fortune.com/2026/03/23/u...
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The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it | Fortune
The Government Accountability Office can't even verify the books. Here's what Congress must do.
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John Michael Castagna @leadersjohn.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
GOP and DHS is the new Communist Party.
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John Michael Castagna @leadersjohn.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
The only country Trump isn't pressuring is Russia.
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John Michael Castagna @leadersjohn.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
See the list and realize: America does not value those things that last for human quality of life.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/02/2026
Why I’m not watching the State of the Union – and you shouldn’t either | Robert Reich
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Why I’m not watching the State of the Union – and you shouldn’t either | Robert Reich
Trump doesn’t deserve our attention. And we already know the state of the union – it sucks
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 14/02/2026
The Democratic Party is filled with ambitious politicians who lost their sense of urgency after Trump won. Pritzker did not talk about authoritarianism like someone who was trying to fundraise (obviously) or get attention. He talked about authoritarianism like someone who is haunted by its ghosts.
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What being a billionaire scion taught JB Pritzker about standing up to one
Few national Democrats have pushed back as forcefully against Trump’s authoritarian crackdown. There’s a reason for that.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 14/02/2026
Our top story: After over 25 years in the U.S., and despite raising a family here and having a path to citizenship, Moizali Momin was nearly deported to India. He spent months in cramped, dirty detention centers at taxpayer expense.
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How Trump's ICE Is Locking Up Longtime Texans with Paths to Legal Status
The case of one Houston man, nearly deported to India after a quarter-century here, shows what happens when prosecutorial discretion is abandoned.
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The National @thenationalnews.com · 14/02/2026
Israel has killed more than 72,000 people in Gaza since October 2023
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African Union Commission chairman calls for end to ‘extermination’ of Palestinians | The National
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John Michael Castagna @leadersjohn.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Trump and Putin will put the entire country in the poorhouse. Except for the billionaires. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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US debt forecast to hit $64T in a decade as Trump policies widen deficit
Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper predicts that the annual deficit will grow to $3.1 trillion by 2036.
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John Michael Castagna @leadersjohn.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The round-ups infrastructure is growing at breakneck pace. Minneapolis is just a distraction. www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
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ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, monthslong expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 09/02/2026
More than 150 countries endorsed a report that concluded the global economy isn't adequately pricing in biodiversity risks.
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More than 150 Countries Agree That Focus on GDP Harms Nature
The nations signed off on a major report, three years in the making, that concluded the global economy isn’t adequately pricing in biodiversity risks.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
AND IMPEACH AND REMOVE. We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
You know, I think I once read a book somewhere that explained this .... 🤔
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 23/01/2026
ICE detained St. Paul resident ChongLy Scott Thao in his underwear. The suspect whom agents were looking for was already in prison — and has been there since Sept. 4, 2024. bit.ly/4qxjGeJ
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John Michael Castagna @leadersjohn.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Hey there world, welcome to America.
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M.A. Hamilton @hourofignorance.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
1 mission, 1 team @fireeyebooks.bsky.social @annmb48.bsky.social @arlie.bsky.social @wisewonders.bsky.social @BlueStormComin1.bsky.social @rogerleethomas.bsky.social @tonic516.bsky.social @georgevosburgh.bsky.social @wins-rick.bsky.social @notgoingback2028.bsky.social @HourOfIgnorance.bsky.social
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5nark Twain @5narktwain.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
#ICE #FAFO #DV1 #ProudBlue www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u... “Polls suggest that most Cuban American registered voters, who tend to be Republican, continue to support Mr. Trump.. And in the years that Mr. Trump has been president, he has sent more Cubans back than his three predecessors.”
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To Their Shock, Cubans in Florida Are Being Deported in Record Numbers
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John Michael Castagna @leadersjohn.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Just a loudmouth pretending he know more than people who've refined their expertise for decades ... day after day. This nightmare can't end soon enough.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/01/2026
British and French aircraft attack underground Islamic State weapons store in Syria
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British and French aircraft attack underground Islamic State weapons store in Syria
Guided bombs used to target tunnels at site near to city of Palmyra in raid intended to ‘eliminate dangerous terrorists’ British and French aircraft have carried out a joint strike on an underground facility in Syria that had been occupied by Islamic State, the UK Ministry of Defence has said. Guided bombs were used to target access tunnels down to the site, which is located in the mountainous region near the ancient city of Palmyra in the centre of the country, on Saturday evening. Continue reading...
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John Michael Castagna @leadersjohn.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Well goleee Texas and Trumpland ...ye don't believe in climate change. Maybe you can get your evangelican Trumpers to pray and make the water re-appear from Heaven. Or Mar-a-Lago.
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John Michael Castagna @leadersjohn.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Let us work together to give hope to those who see darkness around them and in times ahead. Let us become examples of kindness, of generosity to those we know and to those we do not. Let us commit ourselves again to truth.
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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 01/01/2026
“The President is not above the law,” the judge wrote in her order. “Neither are his cabinet officials."
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Judge slams Noem over termination of temporary legal status for 60,000 immigrants | Arizona Mirror
A federal judge found the Trump administration unlawfully terminated temporary protections for more than 60,000 nationals from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 30/12/2025
Political analysts and observers bashed President Donald Trump on Monday after he accepted a "fake award" from a foreign leader at his Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago.
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'Humiliating': Observers bash Trump for fawning over 'fake' award from foreign leader
Political analysts and observers bashed President Donald Trump on Monday after he accepted a "fake award" from a foreign leader at his Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago. Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to discuss the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, and other topics....
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 26/12/2025
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and unassimilable. How far will Stephen Miller’s sadistic designs go? trib.al/zSclato
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Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and unassimilable. How far will Miller’s sadistic designs go?
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/12/2025
Trump has made clear what he thinks of journalists and what should happen to us: Thrown in jail and raped, “sued like never before,” investigated for treason, “taken off the air.” Luckily, we get to wake up every morning knowing that we’re not accountable to any bully or billionaire.
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Good night and good luck
Why corporate media—including CBS owner Paramount—is bending the knee.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 24/12/2025
Language is constantly evolving, and the relationship between word and meaning is arbitrary—we just need the relationship to be stable. The dictionary was a touchstone of stability. What happens if we lose it? newyorkermag.visitlink.me/z4KvfO
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Is the Dictionary Done For?
The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a revolution.
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Jelena Katrina @legalwanderer.com · 10/12/2025
I was talking with a creator the other day. She said, "Jelena, I feel like the internet is filling up with AI words. Everything sounds the same. I dont know how to stand out anymore." I told her the truth I keep seeing... (The rest of this story is hidden in the image alt text)
The more AI floods our feeds, the more people lean toward the tiny, unpolished human moments.

The things you can only write after actually living something.

The things no model can fake, because they come from a heartbeat, not a dataset.

She laughed a little and said, "So my weird, messy voice is my advantage?"

Yes. It is. More than ever.

If you want to grow right now, write the one thing AI will never master.

The feeling of being you.

People sense it instantly. And they stay, not for perfect content, but for a real presence they can feel.
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pammartin.bsky.social @pammartin.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
We are moving back to how it was before the civil rights movement.
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John Michael Castagna @leadersjohn.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
And now they want more.
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Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
What They Erased, We Remember:  For decades, political leaders in the United States have framed public assistance as a moral issue.  - STAY LOUD!
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Trump and the Billionaire Welfare Pipeline
For decades, political leaders in the United States have framed public assistance as a moral issue.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
It cannot be an offense to repeat what the law itself clearly states: Soldiers are not required to follow illegal commands. This is political persecution, and it must end now.
Tweet from Sen. Mark Kelly stating the Pentagon has escalated its review of him into an official command investigation, with an image of Kelly speaking in an office with military memorabilia behind him.
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John Michael Castagna @leadersjohn.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Of course, pandering to a Nazi-sympathizing administration, white is the only choice.
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Vox @vox.com · 02/12/2025
For the past few years, American politics have been organized around a simple, unnerving feeling: Life is getting too expensive, and no one seems to know what to do about it.
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The Case for Growth
Why the American dream stalled — and how to restart it.
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John Michael Castagna @leadersjohn.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Actually, there's a grain of legislative idea-making here. What if companies had to contribute to permanent unemployment insurance and social security funds for every job their robots have replaced?
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John Michael Castagna @leadersjohn.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Anyone want to tell him that Ukraine is the largest country IN Europe?
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Chez Andre @avezina.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Can I give you a blow job dear leader.
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John Michael Castagna @leadersjohn.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Community colleges used to be the first step to being more wholly educated. Now schools like the one I once went to, Luzerne County Comm College in NE PA denigrate thinking and whole-life learning. They have become trade schools. Learn a physical skill and get out. Low info voters coming.
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John Michael Castagna @leadersjohn.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
RFK JR has had CDC website connecting vaccination to autism. One more trusted institution polluted by misinformation. We need another government, or another country.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 20/11/2025
🚨BREAKING: In a burst of posts, Trump endorsed imprisoning, and even executing, Democratic lawmakers he accuses of “seditious behavior.” Their offense? reminding U.S. troops to defend the Constitution. bit.ly/4o6lJnQ
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Trump Calls for Executing Democrats Over Message to Military
Read more here.
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Politico @politico.com · 16/11/2025
Marjorie Taylor Greene said the growing animosity between her and Donald Trump “has all come down to the Epstein files.”
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Marjorie Taylor Greene says fallout with Trump 'has all come down to the Epstein files'
The Georgia Republican said the president’s recent attacks on her could put her life in danger.
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CNN @cnn.com · 16/11/2025
The American penny is history. The nickel might be next.
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With the end of the penny, is the clock ticking for the nickel? | CNN Business
The American penny is history. The nickel might be next.
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John Michael Castagna @leadersjohn.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Here we are, captives on Our-Relatives-Voted-for-Idiots-Island. www.smartnews.com/en-us/articl...
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Pete Buttigieg’s replacement: It’s a “false promise” to tell girls they can have a career & be happy (LGBTQ Nation)
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, who replaced the first out Cabinet member Pete Buttigieg, said on a podcast that a career is a “false promise” for gi...
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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
NPR has aired a story about turmoil regarding Indiana University's treatment of the Indiana Daily Student newspaper, and the lawsuit its adult advisor filed after the school fired him. The story on preserving free speech for student journalists spreads. loom.ly/Q_eRgcg
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Indiana University facing lawsuit after claims it tried to censor student newspaper
Indiana University's student newspaper is at the center of a lawsuit by its former advisor who says he was fired by the administration because he stood up against censorship.
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